EROS I noticed how the room went quiet as soon as I entered, making me feel how unwelcome I am in here right now. Instead of turning back and leaving the room, I walked in and made myself welcome. I’m not going to leave this place not until I see how Pietro is doing. I looked around the room to find a place to seat. As expected the room is big. It looks more like a hotel room not a hospital room. It’s really different when a rich man gets hospitalized. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed how Lucrezia gave his father a meaningful look. She thought I did not saw her, I have a very observant eye. “How are you? What do you feel?” I walked towards Pietro’s bed and sat on the empty wooden chair beside his bed. Lucrezia and her family were all sitting in the couch, leaving all the seats available occupied aside from this seat.“I’m fine. There’s just small pains around the body but I will be out of the hospital soon,” Pietro answered, moving his sh

LUCREZIAIt was with a heavy heart when I left the hospital, and it was selfish of me to feel that way. I should be happy that Pietro has already recovered and he suffered no severe effects from what had happened, but why do I feel a sense of loss in me that I couldn't shake away?I wish him a speedy recovery, but why did leaving the hospital feel like leaving something important behind?Pietro did not have to tell me anything, but I'm sure he also felt the same way. I noticed how he was strangely quiet in the last days we were in the hospital and how absent-minded he has been. He must have been thinking about this part of the future, but he did not say anything, just like me. Our unspoken feelings slowly corrupted us and parted us away.The corners of my lips lifted slightly when I saw that flowers had bloomed in our garden. I did not know that these plants could bloom into flowers. We were gone for two weeks, so I couldn't witness the flowers bloom. The mansion was left to our hous

LUCREZIAFirst, someone betrayed us and tipped our business to the authorities. Then now, we just received public news that someone burned down one of Leuzzi's warehouses. It turns out not only our family were attacked on the same day. My expression turned serious instantly when I heard the news from my father. Seeing the newspaper he was holding, I hurried towards him and snatched the newspaper from his hand.In the headlines, it wrote that a warehouse was burned to ashes, and they failed to save anything stored inside it. According to the news, the damage amounts to at least $14M. However, the report didn't state exactly what contents were burned along with the warehouse. I could only assume that illegal kinds of stuff were kept in that warehouse. Meaning, Leuzzi couldn't also apply for insurance even if he does have it. In just one day, Leuzzi's $14M was all eaten up in flames. I wonder how Tiburzio Leuzzi must be feeling right now.Even

EROS"Then…" Serrano spoke after Raimondo made his announcement. Everyone stared at him as they awaited his question. "What are you going to do now?" He finally asks when he realizes he is free to speak. Raimondo looked at me when Serrano asked his question.He doesn't know how to answer his question. He couldn't just leave his unfinished business with me behind. I still need him. for my plans, and he has to stay with his family to ensure that I wouldn't go back on my own word. We gave our word to each other and made an alliance together. He couldn't leave in the middle of our plans. "As of now, I still don't know. I can't completely leave the business behind to my daughters. I'm confident with my daughter's abilities to handle the business, but as long as I am still alive, I'm still effectively the head of the family.""You are not leaving the country like your consigliere?" I asked him. He shook his head. "I won't leave the country. I'm just go

PIETROThe meeting has ended. Pericles and I are on our way back to the office after today's successful meeting. Pericles is driving the car, and I'm sitting on the seat beside him as usual. We did not bring our driver with us since we could both drive, and we did not want to cause trouble for anyone and make them wait outside while we were in the meeting. Bringing a driver with us would be useless since they aren't even allowed to join the meeting. We don't need someone who will wait for us outside until the meeting ends."What are we going to do next?" Pericles asked while I was staring blankly at the window beside my seat. "H-huh?" I asked back as I slowly turned to face him.I think I just heard him say something. I just didn't quite catch what he had said. I was busy with my own thoughts. I've been out of myself the whole ride. "Are you alright?" Pietro couldn't help but question. He could no longer ignore how I have been caught up in m